child hunger
Kids going hungry
Child hunger is the condition of children not having enough food to eat, whether from poverty, famine, or neglect.
The term appears frequently in charitable appeals and policy discussions: Organizations fighting child hunger distributed meals to thousands of families.
It encompasses both acute malnutrition and chronic food insecurity affecting the young.
- malnutritionDisease from dietary inadequacy
- starvationExtreme nutritional deprivation
- famineSevere food shortage
- povertySevere lack of resources
- food insecurityUncertain access to adequate meals
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